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時刻 (じこく): time, hour — Japanese vocabulary

時刻 is read じこく and means "time, hour". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

時刻

Reading
じこく · jikoku
Translation
time, hour
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
じこくが

Example

私はちょうど夕食の時刻についた。

わたしはちょうどゆうしょくのじこくについた。

I was on time for dinner.

Kanji in this word

  • 時 — time, hour
  • 刻 — carve, moment

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